With the global population growing at breakneck speed and developing countries becoming steadily richer, those that grow and distribute fresh fruit and veg suddenly seem ripe for the picking.
Vegetable processor Simplot has announced that its Devonport frozen vegetable plant will remain in operation for at least another three years to fulfill its contracts with both Coles and Woolworths.
SPC Ardmona, Australia's last remaining fruit processor says that it may be forced to close if the Abbott government refuses to come through with a $25m grant promised by the former Labor government.
Thanks to investments in watermelon breeding and trialling, Seminis® is launching three new seedless watermelon varieties that deliver classic watermelon flavor often associated with seeded watermelon varieties.
A Chilean company expects to start shipping ready-to-eat pomegranate arils to Northern Hemisphere markets in April next year, after developing its own value-adding technology for the antioxidant-rich fruit.
Disney Consumer Products will showcase new selections of its Disney-branded fruits and vegetables at a trade show this week featuring Marvel and other characters, the company announced Thursday.
To promote usage through the fall and winter months, California Giant Berry Farms is partnering with Concord Foods, launching a winter baking promotion targeting consumers November 1st through November 30th.
The president of the Andalusian Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (Ifapa), Víctor Ortiz, presented the results of the Research and Development project for the production of black garlic in Cordoba.
ASAJA Cordoba organised its traditional meeting for the garlic sector, in which the province's main producers, led by the sectorial president, Miguel del Pino, have taken part.
